How to make a chest of drawers

chest of drawers

How to make a chest of drawers

I suggest you try to do with their own hands the chest of drawers – dresser. This box is very roomy and comfortable that takes up little space, because it is narrow and high.

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In order to make such a box – chest of drawers handmade, you need:
The cardboard box and an additional cardboard

  • the cloth
  • Clay PVA
  • 3 buttons

I must say that I decided to make myself a casket to put in her jewelry, so I have provided the upper compartment for small items (rings, earrings), and the bottom two for the rest of the department (bracelets, necklaces and brooches large).
In general, in a box, you can put small things that have always a needlewomen.
HOW TO MAKE A BOX WITH HIS HANDS, CHEST OF DRAWERS
We start with the fact that determine the size of the box .

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I found a very suitable box from under the shoe. It was very tough, never wrinkled and most importantly is not very big in size.
The size of the box, I was counting on it.
Other cardboard box, we will look, and will cut them out of the necessary details.

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So, we thought the size of the three branches of the box based on the size of the box.
1 Section Dimensions: width = A 1.5cm. Height = any (D). Thickness = C.
Size 2 and 3 sections: Width = A / 2-1.5 cm. Height = B-D-1cm. Thickness = C.
I would like to draw your attention to the fact that my shoe box was glued paper. The paper was smooth, as if covered with foil. In this paper, PVA glue very poorly glued. So I had to rip the top layer.

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Further, in our scheme, our box should appear in the regiment, which will be placed section 1.

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Dimensions shelves width = A + 2 * D, H = C.
For the shelves should be taken very thick and hard cardboard, to the regiment later does not bend.
Once cut out of the cardboard strip at each end is metered D cm and bend. It will be “ears” for which shelf will be attached.
Try on a shelf. But until you paste it.

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First, we need to paste over the bottom of a box of tissues.
I decided to use in the design of the box are two types of tissue: one-color and color. How much tissue is difficult to say, it all depends on the size of the box.

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Begin paste a box of tissues. Measure out the fabric to the size of the bottom + 1 cm allowance on each side of the bend. We coat the entire bottom is not a thick layer of white glue and glue the fabric.
As seen in the photo, at the corners of the cloth neatly cut.

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Similarly, the paste over the bottom inside the box.

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To paste over the sidewalls of the box from the outside, we have to cut out a long strip.
Band size: width = C + 3cm on the allowance. Length = 2 * 2 * A + B + 1 cm on the seam allowance.
At one edge of the strip along the entire length, we iron to iron 1cm allowance.

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Glue strip around the perimeter of the box.

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As can be seen in the image, the edge of which we press it, we stuck to the bottom and the other edge of the box are folded inwardly.

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Now paste the shelf. “Ears” do not touch.

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Paste the shelf, “ears” turn upwards.

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Tip: Do not attach the two sides at the same time. Reliable sticking first one side, put under load and wait until dries.
When the shelf is glued remained pasted the inner side wall.
In order to paste over the inner side wall, we need out of the cardboard cut strips and tense their tissue. Strips of cardboard cut out to the dimensions of the walls inside the box.
Tip: Do not just paste all the panels, done consistently, one by one. Make one panel is glued. Put under the load to dry. Try the cardboard next to the panel tightly fit together.

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Total should have six pieces of internal walls: top, bottom and two side walls on parts, one part above the shelf, the other below.

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When the interior panels are glued, the base of the box is ready, it remains to make three sections of the box.
DOING THEIR OWN HANDS CHEST SECTION
Dimensions section, we calculated above. Now we need to make a pattern of boxes. Take a sheet of cardboard and draw a pattern on it.
Tip: You can use an old box from household appliances. The main thing that cardboard was not too thick.
On bends laterally enough to lay on 2 cm, it will be “ears” in order to glue the sides of the carton.

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Cut. Bend lines. Merge.
Similarly, we construct a pattern for the upper (1) section. I turned out that just for this section came from the cover of the box, from which we made ​​the base of chest of drawers.

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Although it turned out that the front wall of the box higher than the rest of the wall.
When the sections are ready, you can start to their skin-tight cloth.

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Section paste cloth just like the base of chest of drawers.
In this case, when the walls of the box low, little can be to facilitate the work.
A piece of cloth is pasted over the front wall of the box on the front and back side.

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Also, the rear wall, paste from two sides.

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Then take a strip of fabric = long box + 4 * height of the side walls + 2 cm allowance. And width = width of the box + 2 cm allowance.
In tissue, the entire length of press out the side edges.
This will allow us to immediately pasted bottom of the box and the side walls, inside and out.

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The box is almost ready.
It remains only to paste over the bottom.

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You could go on a simple way, from cardboard cut out a piece the size of the bottom. Are covered with a cloth and glue.
But I decided to go the other way. Typically, caskets, if decorations are not removed in separate bags, they are together become entangled. And I decided to make the likeness of the box that can often be seen in the windows of jewelry stores.
For this we need the fabric and material, which are often packed technique, and which is used as a heater. Unfortunately, I do not know exactly what it is called, is popularly referred to as “scum.”

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To do this is not difficult. It is enough to cut the “skin” on the band width = width of the box and twist of these tubes with a diameter of 2 centimeters.

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Each tube is cut out a piece of fabric and thread just sew the fabric tightly obtyagivaya tube.
The tube should be as tightly curled and when it is sheathed, even more contractible her cloth.

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We put the tube in a box . The number of tubes depends on the length of the box.

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You can fill tubes are not the whole box, and, for example, only half. The second half of the bottom in this case need fabric pasted and separate low partition.
The main thing is that the tubes have to be very fit tightly to each other, otherwise rings and earrings are easy to fall in between.
Well, our first box ready. You’re upholstered remaining two.
Everything is done on the same principle as glued fabric on the basis of chest of drawers. First, the bottom drawer, then the side wall from the front side.

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Tip: The joints of the bottom and laterally on the fabric sometimes obtained glued dense, due to the fact that the cloth is bent, and the adhesive impregnates only the first layer.
You can of course, gently fluff edge of the adhesive and press firmly, but I think it looks neater if the edges connect string, simply pass on the edge of a hidden seam.
And the best flash until the glue has dried and slightly damp cloth on the glue.

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By the way, if you choose to design a dark cloth, like me, working with PVA glue there is a problem – after drying in some places where there were excess glue visible white spots. To remove these spots, it is enough to rub with a damp brush. Once the fabric is dry, no stains.
Then, as before, we do panels for the interior of the box . Cut the cardboard the size of the walls and paste them with a cloth. To save a little time, you can fasten the edge clips until the glue grabs.

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Do not forget, do not need to paste all the panels at once. Do sequentially, one by one. Make one panel is glued. Put under the load. Dry, try on cardboard next to the panel tightly fit together
In each drawer panel Glue only at the rear and on the sides, it is necessary to seamlessly attach the handle. Handles attach, and then paste in the last already panel.
HANDLES CHEST HANDMADE
Making the handles. For this we need 3 buttons, with 2 of them must be the same size.
For my design, I decided to box obtyanut handle cloth. Simply cut out a circle of fabric, put a button on the edge of the fabric to stitch thread and tighten.

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When all three buttons are covered, sew them to the boxes. Just take a thick needle and sew on buttons to the front of the drawers, piercing through the cardboard. As you remember, we’re not stuck in the last panel boxes.
Tip: You do not have to strap a fabric pen, buttons, especially if the buttons themselves are beautiful. Very nice would look knobs buttons with rhinestones.
It looks like mount handles on the back side of the wall.

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When the buttons are sewn, glue in the last panel.
If you remember, the top drawer was first plastered and then have him sew on buttons. I got that for rollers is not very noticeable mount, especially if it is good to pick up a thread in the color of the fabric.
If you want to perfect the wrong side, it can be pasted outside of the top drawer, quickly sew a button and only then dokleit fabric inside, closed, so the sewing buttons.
LEGS ARE HAND-MADE BOXES
Our box is almost ready. There was one time – legs.
If you want to put a box on a shelf or table for a smooth, for example polished surface, you need to make sure the rubber feet.
In addition, the rubber feet make the box more stable.
To make the legs, we need the 4 rubber caps. Bubbles with such caps are usually at the pharmacy, they sell various drugs, sometimes brilliant green, sometimes potassium permanganate. Well, in general, if you look, it can be found.
If there is a problem with the legs, you can look for something more or less suitable for construction or hardware stores (felt special stickers on furniture legs small size, etc.)

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Just glue the lid on the other side of the main box, we will have bottomed. Rubber adhesive is adhered better to the cap.

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That’s all, our box of handmade ready!

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By the way, does not necessarily make the two lower drawers the same.
I decided that the two tall and fairly narrow box I will not do so at the second box, I slightly shortened rear wall. And so the sidewalls get such curly. This box is more convenient to keep the small little things.

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And in conclusion I would like to say that, of course, work to create a casket rather laborious and requires experience. So if you have never done anything like this, I recommend to start with, to try upholstered simple square box with a lid.
Success!

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